Nasa has unfurled a solar sail in space for the first time, aiming to harness the propulsive power of sunlight for interstellar travel. The US space agency revealed that it had deployed the solar sail ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Between late 2009 and early 2011, NASA’s Wide-Field Infrared ...

While Google recently made news with a patent filing for drones that could provide emergency medical services, NASA has long been finding ways to take their innovative space-bound technology find a ...

The project, which is the cornerstone of NASA's enormous Artemis program, will demonstrate the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in space travel in addition to being a triumph of human ...

The installation and testing phase of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has commenced with the integration of the spacecraft's intricate electrical cabling, known as the harness. This vital ...

NASA is set for a groundbreaking leap in space exploration with the upcoming deployment of its Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3). Scheduled for launch in April aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron ...

University Park, Pa. — This March, four Penn State undergraduate engineering students will risk their equilibrium and stomachs aboard NASA’s KC135, nationally known as the "Vomit Comet," to test ...

Berkeley – The same cutting-edge technology that speeded sequencing of the human genome could, by the end of the decade, tell us once and for all whether life ever existed on Mars, according to a ...

Although once a mystery to science, progress in the past few decades has allowed astronomers to detect the internal oscillations of stars, revealing their structure. They do this by studying stellar ...

In an effort to reach out to a new generation of space enthusiasts, NASA is to harness the power of pop music. The space agency plans to commission a song from new US boy-band Natural and is also ...

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has begun integrating and testing the spacecraft’s electrical cabling, or harness, which enables different parts of the observatory to communicate with ...

This March, four Penn State undergraduate engineering students will risk their equilibrium and stomachs aboard NASA's KC135, the "Vomit Comet," to test modifications to exercise equipment used in ...